Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “crosswalk” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

23 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
crosswalk	18	4	300	(None)
crosstalk	15	4	389	1	crosstalk
crosswalks	19	5	262	1	crosswalks
crossjack	24	4	286	2	crossjack
crosstalks	16	4	316	2	crosstalks
crossway	16	4	385	2	crosswa_y
crossways	17	4	341	2	crossways
cornstalk	15	4	394	3	cornstalk
cossack	15	4	582	3	c_oss_ack
crissal	9	3	741	3	criss_al_
crossable	13	4	707	3	crossable
crossarm	12	4	513	3	cross_arm
crossbar	12	5	448	3	crossba_r
crossbars	13	4	443	3	crossbars
crossbill	13	4	373	3	crossbill
crossbuck	19	9	271	3	crossbuck
crosshair	14	4	313	3	crosshair
crossjacks	25	5	246	3	crossjacks
crossly	12	7	727	3	cross__ly
crosswind	15	4	319	3	crosswind
crosswise	14	4	334	3	crosswise
crossword	15	4	402	3	crossword
ropewalk	17	4	323	3	_ropewalk

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	7.420	20032.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.876	22688.0